weregild (Meaning)
weregild (n.)
The price of a man's head; a compensation paid of a man killed, partly to the king for the loss of a subject, partly to the lord of a vassal, and partly to the next of kin. It was paid by the murderer.
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The price of a man's head; a compensation paid of a man killed, partly to the king for the loss of a subject, partly to the lord of a vassal, and partly to the
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In Anglo-Saxon society, weregild was the monetary value placed on a person's life, used as compensation for their death.
The amount of weregild varied depending on the victim's social status and the circumstances of their death.
If a nobleman was murdered, his family was entitled to a substantial weregild from the killer.
Conversely, the weregild for a slave or a woman was significantly lower.
